1924 Season
1923 / 1925
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1924 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Player of the Year was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
2B
28.2
12.1
38.7
25.6
2 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
29.4
11.7
44.6
32.4
3 Dazzy Vance
BRO
SP
33.3
10.3
35.5
24.6
4 Howard Ehmke
BOS
SP
30.2
8.2
23.9
12.0
5 Herb Pennock
NYA
SP
30.4
7.6
27.1
16.4
6 Frankie Frisch
NY1
2B
25.8
7.5
29.9
16.1
7 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
36.7
7.4
28.6
18.2
8 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
36.1
6.7
35.1
23.6
9 Joe Shaute
CLE
SP
24.9
6.5
20.9
10.2
10 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
29.9
6.4
29.5
17.4
11 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
23.7
6.4
28.9
16.7
12 Jack Fournier
BRO
1B
34.8
6.3
34.2
22.5
13 Ross Youngs
NY1
RF
27.2
5.9
29.1
17.9
14 Joe Bush
NYA
SP
31.6
5.8
21.6
12.0
15 Glenn Wright*
PIT
SS
23.4
5.7
22.0
6.7
16 Sherry Smith
CLE
SP
33.4
5.5
18.1
8.8
17 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
37.5
5.4
27.6
13.2
18 Ernie Wingard*
SLA
SP
23.7
5.3
19.0
10.9
19 Eddie Collins
CHA
2B
37.2
5.2
25.3
11.7
20 Jesse Barnes
BSN
SP
31.8
5.2
21.3
11.9
21 Eppa Rixey
CIN
SP
33.2
5.2
20.6
12.2
22 Tom Zachary
WS1
SP
28.2
5.1
20.1
12.5
23 Stan Baumgartner
PHA
SP
29.5
5.1
19.2
12.4
24 Sloppy Thurston
CHA
SP
25.1
5.0
18.9
7.9
25 Urban Shocker
SLA
SP
33.9
4.9
20.1
10.8
26 Andy High
BRO
2B
26.6
4.9
27.7
14.1
27 George Kelly
NY1
1B
28.8
4.8
25.6
14.4
28 Jack Quinn
BOS
SP
41.0
4.8
17.8
9.2
29 Harry Hooper
CHA
RF
36.9
4.7
19.0
9.1
30 Kiki Cuyler*
PIT
LF
25.8
4.7
23.8
14.3
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James